Star Office and PDF

[Lee Einer]

Thanks for the offer, George-

I was able to convert the document by going to ps2pdf.com. I am still 
looking for the answer as to why ps2pdf failed on my Mandrake OS, and 
why the print to PDF function in StarOffice 6.0 doesn't work.

George Gambill wrote:

>Can't help with Linux (I'm still more comfortable with windows) but can
>create the PDF for you with (No flames please) Windows.  A short term fix
>with a continuing long term problem.  Email me your recume in RTF or .DOC
>(Word) or Psotscript (.PS) format and I can distill it using Adobe Acrobat
>5.0. and return it as PDF.  Adobe Distiller reado Postscript files and
>creates PDF files.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>George G
>
>
>Subject: Re: Star Office and PDF
>From: Carl Parrish <cparrish@cox.net>
>To: Plug-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>Date: 15 Sep 2002 16:40:05 -0700
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
>Not really knowing anything about this. First I would try saving the
>file as a Postscript. (instead of *trying* to save it as a PDF and
>getting a postscript). Then try using ps2pdf and see if that works. 
>
>Carl P 
>
>
>On Mon, 2002-09-16 at 00:58, Lee Einer wrote:
>
>>Hi, All-
>>
>>I attempted this morning to convert a resume in Star Office format to 
>>Adobe Acrobat, and it became an adventure. This is what happened;
>>
>>Print to File in Star Office 6.0 gave me the option of generating a file 
>>in either Postscript or PDF format. Selecting the PDF option generated a 
>>file with a PDF extension-- in PS format. Not the desired outcome...
>>
>>Undaunted, I converted the Postscript version to PDF using ps2pdf. This 
>>was a qualified success. Qualified in that although the result was an 
>>Acrobat document, the spaces between words were somehow deleted, making 
>>the result look less like a resume and more like some demented ransom
>>
>note.
>
>>I finally went to Adobe's website and used the tryout version of their 
>>web based file conversion service, which converted the PS file to 
>>Acrobat format without error.
>>
>>How can I get the Star Office print to file option to work for PDF? And 
>>why did ps2pdf not function as it should? How can I fix?
>>
>>
>
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-- 
Lee Einer

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